Space wrote:I imagine this is pretty biased. ::)
I just read Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon. Nice job, Kim. Thurston is an idiot.
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killsaly wrote:Space wrote:I imagine this is pretty biased. ::)
I just read Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon. Nice job, Kim. Thurston is an idiot.
Middle aged guy leaves his wife and family for a woman 28 years younger than his wife. Seems like it would be pretty hard to tell the story in a way where the middle aged guy doesn't seem like a total piece of shit.
Again, you are only hearing one person's side of the story.
Yes, the facts that we, the public, know about Kim and Thurston's break-up make Thurston look like a dick. And if he cheated on his wife and she never cheated on him, then he's some level of a dick. But there is no way that Kim's account is a credible objective telling of what happened. Maybe she had an affair before him? Maybe there was an understanding between them that out-of-wedlock trysts were ok? Maybe she is a toxic abusive person? Maybe she's a pathological liar?
Personally, I've never really liked her that much. She's always seemed overly impressed with herself and what an artiste she is.
Personally, I've never really liked her that much. She's always seemed overly impressed with herself and what an artiste she is.
^ exactly
^ yup.
killsaly wrote:
Again, you are only hearing one person's side of the story.
Here's his side of the story.
http://www.stereogum.com/1668021/thurston-moore-on-his-marriage-ending-affair-im-in-a-really-romantic-place/news/
Upon advice given by several of you I dove into Please Kill Me this weekend and though I'm only 75 pages into it and not yet past the MC5/Stooges era yet I have to say it's def a good read.
A lot of people (usually younger people) will argue whether or not The Stooges are actually punk, but if any of these accounts are even partially true, the were pretty much punk as fuck. I mean who rolls around on stage in a broken beer bottle the crowd throws at you?
A lot of people (usually younger people) will argue whether or not The Stooges are actually punk, but if any of these accounts are even partially true, the were pretty much punk as fuck. I mean who rolls around on stage in a broken beer bottle the crowd throws at you?
^ yes!
Julian, wrote:Went with All The Light first and it was fantastic. Highly recommended.
Anybody read The Sympathizer or All The Light We Cannot See? Trying to figure which to read first.
About 3/4th of the way through The Sympathizer and it's very good but not as good as the forementioned book.
Going to a book release party on Saturday for Hard Red Spring by local Richmond author Kelly Kerney. The New Yorker review made it sound really good and the excuse of party is a good motivator to actually purchase this.
Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
"going to hell in a hen basket - an illustrated dictionary of modern malapropisms" by robert alden rubin
lol funny.
lol funny.
Julian, wrote:
Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
I really liked The Girls. Loved her language and the description of the friendship. A little on the nose, but still an enjoyable read. I would be interested to know if men enjoy this book, or if it's more for women.
I've been on a bit of a tear with books lately. Really enjoying Underground Airlines.
Also read Before the Fall, Girls on Fire, How to Build a Girl - all of which were just ok
This Little Life (which was great, but tore me apart and put me into a bit of a depression)
Time Traveller's Wife (definitely a book for girls, I think, but the first book ever to mention Big Black)
Modern Lovers (don't believe the hype, this book was absolutely AWFUL)
LaRose was also pretty good. Still not quite sure how I feel about this one.
Another book I really liked was The Water Knife. It came out last year.
K8teebug wrote:This one has been on my radar for a bit with the Man Booker nomination. Might need to add this to my forthcoming amazon order.
This Little Life (which was great, but tore me apart and put me into a bit of a depression)
Julian, wrote:K8teebug wrote:This one has been on my radar for a bit with the Man Booker nomination. Might need to add this to my forthcoming amazon order.
This Little Life (which was great, but tore me apart and put me into a bit of a depression)
Just be in a really great mood when you begin. That books literally will tear you down and then stomp on you.
K8teebug wrote:Cool. Thanks for the feedback (and the feedback on The Girls too).Julian, wrote:K8teebug wrote:This one has been on my radar for a bit with the Man Booker nomination. Might need to add this to my forthcoming amazon order.
This Little Life (which was great, but tore me apart and put me into a bit of a depression)
Just be in a really great mood when you begin. That books literally will tear you down and then stomp on you.
Julian, wrote:
Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
I highly recommend The Sellout. Brilliant satire!
starting James Brown's autobiography….we'll see…
Bagley wrote:Thanks for the recommendation!Julian, wrote:
Has anyone read Paul Beatty's The Sellout or Emma Cline's The Girls and have thoughts/recommendations on either?
I highly recommend The Sellout. Brilliant satire!
K8teebug wrote:Finished this on Saturday. I'm sort of of two minds about the book. She's obviously an immensely talented writer. She has a talent for layering short descriptive sentences about something one after another and weaving this really well-written tapestry. But on the other hand, I sort of found the overriding story not that great. She's someone who I think will put out an amazing book at 36, but probably she isn't full cooked at 26. I did not think it was only for women although I think women will probably more immediately relate to the "Suzanne-obsession" element more than men.
I really liked The Girls. Loved her language and the description of the friendship. A little on the nose, but still an enjoyable read. I would be interested to know if men enjoy this book, or if it's more for women.
Started A Little Life and obviously that's going to take me a few weeks at 720 pages of very, very small font. It hasn't gotten brutal yet but several people have warned me its just gratuitously awful to the main character so I'm bracing myself.